• Dadifer@lemmy.world
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    28 days ago

    The peculiar durability of Medicare for All as an American political fantasy comes partly from the assumption that history is a long escalator moving steadily upward, and that if citizens simply stand on it long enough they will eventually arrive in Denmark.

    Slow clap

    • BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today
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      28 days ago

      Just saw Rahm Emmanuel on Meet The Press, saying that he intends to run for President, while also making it clear that Medicare 4 All is impossible, and thinks allowing older workers in their 50s to “buy into” Medicare early is the solution. He’s also going to make America a vassal state to Israel.

      And they wonder why the Democratic party has a lower approval rating than the Republican party.

    • chicken@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      28 days ago

      The ACA is the reason I’ve had health insurance so far, so yeah definitely Obama’s fault people believe it is possible for the situation to improve

    • Dispassionate@quokk.auOP
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      26 days ago

      The proper wording is “thanks, Obama” to avoid sounding like a person against socialism. ;)